"Alvonica Jackson was sentenced earlier this year to 360 days of incarceration with all but 30 days suspended. She had also been charged with second-degree theft for stealing money at the Howard Theatre. Campbell was sentenced to 180 days in jail with all but 30 days suspended. The suspended part of the sentences for both is contingent on their complying with the terms of two years of probation following their release from jail, to which they were also sentenced."

I don't understand how these light sentences are arrived at for violent crimes.The woman in the story held down a 16-year-old boy so her thug boyfriend could repeatedly stab the boy. And she gets 30 days in jail.Isn't it great that she can be back on the streets of DC in a month, committing violent crimes against innocent children? There are people sitting in prison for decades because they had a bunch of weed in their car.